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Eligibility Criteria

High School Diploma, GED or equiv. International Education

Credit Hours

84 Hours

Course Duration

1 Year (Self-Paced) Program

Courses Offered

14

Courses Offered In ASSOCIATE TO BACHELORS DEGREE

  • Courses Name

  • Courses Description

  • Credit Hours

  • Community Health Nursing

  • This course emphasizes on the application of community health nursing as it relates to specific populations, settings, and community health problems. It is a thorough introduction to the Nursing profession in Community Setting.

  • 6 Credits

  • Nursing Care for Different Genders and Age Groups

  • This course familiarizes you to the concepts of Nursing Care for Different Genders and Age Groups. It includes core Topics that emphasize on the factors such as Age and Gender to better understand the Nursing care Occupation.

  • 6 Credits

  • Maternal Nursing

  • This course provides need-to-know information and skills for Maternal Nursing, and is related to maternal and pediatric nursing. It discusses in detail the core topics in maternal nursing and focuses on the effective measures that would help you to better understand the sub discipline of Maternal Nursing.

  • 6 Credits

  • Essentials of Nursing

  • This course presents the fundamentals of nursing care within the framework of the nursing process. It gives and in-Depth focus on practical application with real-world examples and case studies, and an appropriate level of detail for beginners.

  • 6 Credits

  • Introduction to Healthcare System (Health Assessment)

  • This course covers introductory concepts, such as overall health assessment, conducting a health interview and health history, as well as documentation. The second half of the course is organized around body systems, anatomy and physiology, and teaches you on how to conduct an interview.

  • 6 Credits

  • Introduction to Pharmacology

  • This course is designed to give you core concepts in pharmacology. It includes topics such as Administration of Medications, Calculation of Dosages, Nutritional Aspects of Pharmacology, Antineoplastic Agents and Anesthetic Agents.

  • 6 Credits

  • Foundations of Nursing Research

  • This course provides nurses with an easy-to understand description of nursing research. Anyone who reads this course, including people outside the nursing profession, will gain a wide variety of knowledge about research Methods in this profession.

  • 6 Credits

  • Nursing Practice

  • This course provides knowledge of the historical, theoretical, ethical, and legal foundations of professional nursing. This course explores the changing health care system especially related to health care economics, nursing in a culture of violence, and nursing in a culturally and spiritually diverse world.

  • 6 Credits

  • Introduction to Pediatric Nursing

  • This course focuses on the advanced concepts in Nursing. The topics of this course include Acute Pain in the High Acuity Patient, Alterations in Pulmonary Gas Exchange, Mechanical Ventilation, Alterations In Cardiac Output, Oxygenation and Shock States.

  • 6 Credits

  • Fundamentals of Drug Dosage Calculations

  • This course gives you a clearer picture of the importance of pharmacology to disease and ultimately to patient care. This holistic perspective to patient care is organized according to body systems and diseases on drug classifications used to treat diseases.

  • 6 Credits

  • Nursing and Electronic Records

  • This is a foundation course, helping you to understand and use electronic records in a medical practice. It thoroughly explains both EHR tasks and functional benefits, integrating EHR history, theory, as well as benefits with hands-on opportunities to experience actual EHR environments.

  • 6 Credits

  • Introduction to Nursing

  • This course presents the fundamentals of nursing care within the framework of the nursing process. It provides fundamentals of nature of nursing, contemporary health care, health beliefs and practices, the nursing process, lifespan development issues, integral aspects of nursing, assessing health, and promoting psychosocial health and physiologic health.

  • 6 Credits

  • Introduction to Medical Surgical Nursing

  • This course provides a clear presentation of patient care, with its consistent format and narrative text. It is built around functional health patterns. The course provides each and every detail of particular disorders and nursing care of clients for that particular disorder.

  • 6 Credits

  • Introduction to Clinical Nursing

  • This course is a comprehensive source of essential information needed for success at all levels of nursing. The course comprises complete details of nursing profession,. It helps answer questions such as what the nurses are supposed to do, what are their different roles and functions as well as what type of nursing care is provided to patients.

  • 6 Credits
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Community Health Nursing

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Community health nursing as advocacy
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    The population context
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    The historical context
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    The theoretical context
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    The health system context
    The global health context

Nursing care for different genders and age groups

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Succeeding as a nursing student
    Promoting culturally proficient care
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Legal and ethical issues of nursing
    Critical thinking and nursing theory/models
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    The lpn/lvn and the nursing process
    Documenting and reporting
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Health care delivery systems
    Safety
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Infection control and asepsis
    Admission, transfer, and discharge
    Life span development
    Client communication

Maternal Nursing

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    The lpn/lvn in maternal-child, community-based nursing
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Legal and ethical issues in maternal-child nursing
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Nursing care of the family
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Reproductive anatomy and physiology
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Reproductive issues
    Health promotion during pregnancy
    Health promotion during labor and delivery

Essentials of nursing

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Historical and contemporary nursing practice
    Nursing education and research
    Nursing theories and conceptual frameworks
    Legal aspects of nursing
    Values, ethics and advocacy
    Health care delivery systems
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Community nursing and care continuity
    Home care
    Nursing informatics
    Critical thinking and the nursing process
    Assessing
    Diagnosing
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Planning
    Implementing and evaluating
    Documenting and reporting
    Health promotion
    Health, wellness, and illness
    Culture and heritage
    Complementary and alternative healing modalities
    Concepts of growth and development
    Promoting health from conception through adolescence
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Promoting health in young and middle-aged adults
    Promoting health in elders - new chapter!
    Promoting family health
    Caring
    Communicating new chapter!
    Teaching
    Delegating, managing, and leading
    Vital signs
    Health assessment
    Asepsis
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Safety
    Hygiene
    Diagnostic testing
    Medications
    Skin integrity and wound care

Introduction to healthcare system (health assessment)

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Health assessment
    Health promotion and wellness
    Health assessment across the life span
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Cultural considerations
    Psychosocial assessment
    Techniques and equipment
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    General survey
    Pain assessment
    Nutritional assessment
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Health history
    Skin, hair, and nails
    Head, neck and lymphatics
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Eyes
    Ear, nose, mouth and throat
    Respiratory system
    Breast and axillae

Introduction to pharmacology

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Introduction to pharmacology
    Law and ethics of medications
    Dispensing prescription, terminology, and abbreviations
    Administration of medications
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Measurement systems and their equivalents
    Calculation of dosages
    Nutritional aspects of pharmacology
    Antibacterial and antiviral agents
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Vaccines and immune globulins
    Analgesic, antipyretic, and anti-inflammatory agents
    Antineoplastic agents
    Effects of drugs on the central nervous system
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Anesthetic agents
    Effects of drugs on skin conditions
    Effects of drugs on the cardiovascular system
    Effects of drugs on the vascular system
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Effects of drugs on urinary tract disorders and electrolyte balance
    Effects of drugs on the endocrine system
    Effects of drugs on reproductive system disorders
    Effects of drugs on gastrointestinal disorders
    Effects of drugs on eye, nose, and ear disorders
    Toxicology
    Geriatrics

Foundations of Nursing Research

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Development of nursing research
    Ethical issues in nursing research
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    An overview of quantitative research
    An overview of qualitative research*****new chapter*****
    Identifying nursing research problems
    Review of the literature
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Theory and nursing research
    Hypotheses and research questions
    Quantitative research designs
    Qualitative research designs
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Populations and samples
    Measurement and collection of data
    Data-collection methods
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Descriptive statistics
    Inferential statistics
    Presentation and discussion of study findings
    Communication and utilization of nursing research
    Evidence-based nursing practice*****new chapter*****
    Critique of quantitative research reports

Nursing Practice

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Beginning the transition: journey to professionalism
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Socialization to professional nursing
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Historical foundations of professional nursing
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Ethical foundations of professional nursing
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Legal foundations of professional nursing

Introduction to Pediatric Nursing

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Nurse's role in care of the child: hospital, community, and home
    Family-centered care: theory and applications
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Growth and development
    Infant, child, and adolescent nutrition
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Pediatric assessment
    Societal and environmental influences on children
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Introduction to health promotion and health maintenance
    Health promotion and health maintenance for the newborn and infant
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Health promotion and health maintenance for the young and school-age child

Fundamentals of Drug Dosage Calculations

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Introduction to pharmacology: drug regulation and approval
    Drug classes and schedules
    Pharmacokinetics
    Pharmacodynamics
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Psychosocial, gender, and cultural influences on pharmacotherapy
    Herbal and alternative therapies
    Substance abuse
    Drugs affecting the autonomic nervous system
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Drugs for degenerative diseases of the nervous system
    Drugs for lipid disorders
    Drugs for heart failure
    Drugs for angina pectoris and myocardial infarction
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Diuretic therapy and drugs for renal failure
    Drugs for fungal, protozoan, and helminth infections
    Drugs for peptic ulcer disease
    Drugs for disorders and conditions of the female reproductive system
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Drugs for disorders and conditions of the male reproductive system
    Drugs for bone and joint disorders
    Drugs for skin disorders
    Drugs for eye and ear disorders

Nursing and Electronic Records

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Electronic health records - an overview
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Coding standards
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Learning medical record software
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Data entry at the point of care
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Electronic coding from medical records
    Advanced techniques speed data entry
    Using the ehr to improve patient care
    Privacy and security of health records
    Ehr and technology

Introduction to Nursing

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Historical and contemporary nursing practice
    Nursing education and research
    Nursing theories and conceptual frameworks
    Legal aspects of nursing
    Values, ethics and advocacy
    Health care delivery systems
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Community nursing and care continuity
    Home care
    Nursing informatics
    Critical thinking and the nursing process
    Assessing
    Diagnosing
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Planning
    Implementing and evaluating
    Documenting and reporting
    Health promotion
    Health, wellness, and illness
    Culture and heritage
    Complementary and alternative healing modalities
    Concepts of growth and development
    Promoting health from conception through adolescence
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Promoting health in young and middle-aged adults
    Promoting health in elders - new chapter!
    Promoting family health
    Caring
    Communicating new chapter!
    Teaching
    Delegating, managing, and leading
    Vital signs
    Health assessment
    Asepsis
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Safety
    Hygiene
    Diagnostic testing
    Medications
    Skin integrity and wound care

Introduction to Medical Surgical Nursing

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Medical-surgical nursing
    Health and illness in the adult client
    Community-based and home care of the adult client
    Nursing care of clients having surgery
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Nursing care of clients experiencing loss, grief, and death
    Nursing care of clients with problems of substance abuse
    Nursing care of clients experiencing disasters
    Genetic implications of adult health
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Nursing care of clients in pain
    Nursing care of clients with alterations in fluid, electrolyte, and acid-base balance
    Nursing care of clients experiencing trauma and shock
    Nursing care of clients with altered immunity
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Assessing clients with integumentary disorders
    Nursing care of clients with endocrine disorders
    Nursing care of clients with nutritional disorders
    Assessing clients with urinary elimination disorders
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Assessing clients with cardiac disorders
    Nursing care of clients with peripheral vascular and lymphatic disorders
    Assessing clients with musculoskeletal disorders
    Nursing care of clients with intracranial disorders
    Nursing care of men with reproductive and breast disorders
    Nursing care of clients with sexually transmitted infections

Introduction to Clinical Nursing

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Professional nursing
    Nursing process and critical thinking
    Managing client care: documentation and delegation
    Communication and nurse-client relationship
    Admission, transfer, and discharge
    Client education and discharge planning
    Safe client environment and restraints
    Bathing, bedmaking, and maintaining skin integrity
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Personal hygiene
    Vital signs
    Physical assessment
    Body mechanics
    Exercise and ambulation
    Infection control
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Disaster management - bioterrorism
    Pain management
    Alternative therapies and stress management
    Medication administration
    Nutritional management and ng intubation
    Specimen collection
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Diagnostic procedures
    Urinary elimination
    Bowel elimination
    Heat and cold therapies
    Wound care and dressings
    Respiratory care
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Circulatory maintenance
    Intravenous therapy
    Central vascular access devices
    Orthopedic interventions
    Perioperative care
    End-of-life care
    Advanced nursing skills
    Community-based nursing